Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-21
G.. A. r. ENCAMPMENT /.
A Number of the Delegates
Arrive.
THE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.
The Programme of Pleasure and
Business as Arranged-The
Woman's Relief Corps.

To-day the Department Encampmen'
OF the Grand Army of the Republic for
the State of California begins its annual
session in Los Angeles. A number of
delegates arrived by steamer yesterday
morning and the train from the north
brought in great many from San Fran.
cisco and other northern points. A
committee, consisting of Messrs. George
E. Gard, E. Bouton, A. w. Barrett, w.
J. Brown, J. S. Buskirk. Frank Myers
and L. S. Butter, went on the $3.50 train
to Newhall to meet the incoming com.
rades, and the following ladies of our
city also went up on the same train to
meet the ladies of the Womans' Relief
Corps: Mrs. Thomas Templeton, Mrs.
H. L. Hazard, Mrs. J. V. York, Mrs.
Cannon, Mrs. Amy C. Brown and Mrs.
DIR. Brunson.
DELEGATES.
The following delegates to the En-
campmeut arrived on the southbouni
Southern Pacific traiA yesterday after.
noon:
Lincoln Post No. l., San Francisco
J. H. Fem, N. A. Tull, j. J. Lyon. J.
Duffy, VIM. Black, A. A. Hille.
brand, A. Mosburg. F. Bowley,
A. B. Cole, C. S. Howard, H. c. Duble,
PC. w. H. Wharf, r. H. Orton.
George II Thomas, Post No. 2, San
Francisco-F. M. Lowell, E. f. Cheever,
j. w. Staples, P. ID. c.. L. Carlson, P.
D. c., w. R. Lundberg, D. c., C. E.
Wilson, D. Osborne. T. S. Taylor.
J. A. Garfield Pest, No. "a, San Fran.
cisco-General E. S. Salomon, S. Cohen,
2. c., A. Brown, C. Edelman, J. Woll.
mer, G.. A. Grail, j. Fl. Eustice, 7.
Schultz, j. Fl. Mark. II. L. Longfellow,
II. Won Werthereu.
Lyon Post, No. SIS. f. Daniels, J. G.
Edwards, F. Nj. Cooley.
George G. Meade Post, No. As, San
| Francisco - w. j. Ruddick, D. M.
Cashin, Robt. Graham, A. Shoulder,
r. S. Subers.
| Appomattox Post No. 5S-J. R. Mar
tin and lady.
Antietam Post No. 63-H. P. Brai.
nard, D. o. Smith. Petaluma.
W. H. Seward Post No. 65-A. T.
Bird, J. w. Hilliker, P. C.
Lookout Mountain Post No. $50.
B. Culver, P. PC.
The following arrived by steamer yes.
terday: Colonel R. B. Treat, of Fred
Steele Post No. 70, of San Luis Obispo.
General George J. Backus, of Santa
Barbara; w. L. Y. Schenck, of Thomas
Post, San Francisco; Colonel G. Mason
Kinne, of Lincoln Post, San Francisco;
Major Walter II. Holmes. J. G. Gels
ting, Phil J. Fisher and Frank Meyer,
all of Thomas Post, San Francisco.
By the cannon ball train last night
there arrived the following members of
Heintzelman Post, No. 33, San Diego
O. M. Reese, NJ. D. Hamilton, T. B
Hartsell, j. P. Jones, D. f. Jones, M.
Sherman, e. I. Blackmer, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. A. Kooken. l. l.. Palmer, C. B. Rob.
inson, Stephen Carpenter, C. w. Els
worth.
| THE RELIEF CORPS.
The following officers and delegates
of the Relief Corps, came in by the
train.
Mrs. Elizabeth D'Afcy Kinne, National
President Mrs. B. Jane Russell, De.
partment President /; Jessie L. Thorn as,
Department Secretary May P. Stevens,
Junior Vice Department President, Sa-
rah j. Farwell, Department Treasurer !;
Mrs. Mary Jordan, Vice Department
President,
| Delegates frem Lincoln Post, No.
3, San Francisco-Mrs. Lydia j.
| Wharf, Mrs. Frances j. Williams, L.
Carrie Sanborn.
Delegates from Garfield, No. 81, San
| Francisco-Mrs. Adelaide E. McDon.
aid, Hulda Eggeling,
Mrs. Lizzie Waterman, delegate from
| Stockton.
The delegates from the City Corps
are as follows:
Stanton, No. l6.-Anna s. Averill,
President; Lucy d. More, P. P. Dele
gates--Ratie Wells, Harriet f. Dunn,
Martha P. Bronson, Emma R. Nc.
Bratney.
Gelcich, No. 22.-Elizabeth A. Car
lille, President; Eta McKeag, P. P
Delegates-Marie Tyler, Rosa Spencer.
The national organization of the Re-
lief Corps was perfected IN Denver in
1882. Mrs. Kinne was appointed pro-
visonal President for this Department;
the first corps here having been organ
lied in San Diego, in June. 1888. At
the time of her appointment the organ
ization numbered but five corps. In
February, 1885, a permanent organiza-
ton of the Department was perfected,
and Mrs. Kline was elected Department
Presidents. In June of the same year.
at the National Convention, in Port
land, Me-, she was elected Senior Ma.
tional Weep President. and in August,
1886, was elected National President.
In February, 1856, she closed her
years work as Department President
with 81 Corps and 1900 members. Now
the Department has 80 Corps, all in
good working order, with $500 or more
members. Though the Department has
not as many Corps as some of the
Eastern Departments, still it ranks fifth
in the matter of membership. Last year
this Department disbursed 5000 in
charity to the widows and orphans of
soldiers, and to destitute soldiers not
members of the G. A. r.
THE PROGRAMME.
The Encampment will begin its session
at o'clock this afternoon in the Odd
Fellows Hall, over the postoffice.
Nothing will probably be done except
ing hearing the reports of officers read.
On tomorrow the visiting delegates will
be given an excursion over the San
Gabriel valley road to Monrovia, where
banquet will be provided. On the way
back the excursionists will stop at Santa